eLearning Library
TrainingBriefs® Reporting Ethical Concerns (for Managers)
New Micro-Learning! High-profile corporate scandals have received considerable media attention in recent years. Management should have a keen interest in avoiding such outcomes by encouraging employees to report unethical conduct anonymously. Unfortunately, many employees struggle with ethical decisions because they feel that they cannot remain anonymous so unethical behavior persists.
TrainingBriefs® Resolving Sales Problems
New Micro-Learning! In an ideal world, everyone - sales, support and service - would all be highly connected. Everyone would know all the details about a customer account and everything would go off without a hitch. But, as we all know, the reality is misunderstandings, mistakes and problems happen. What's important is how you handle the situation. The truth is, how you recover from a problem can be a major factor in keeping that customer's business.
TrainingBriefs® Respecting Generational Differences
New Micro-Learning! The average work environment now might have up to four generations under one roof. That said, the old dog and the young pup need to work harmoniously in order to get things done. While these totally different generational viewpoints and approaches to work can undoubtedly be beneficial, they can also be somewhat challenging to navigate.
TrainingBriefs® Respecting Religious Diversity
New Micro-Learning! Managers often get busy and can’t always be on top of everything. Yet sometimes they can unknowingly send a message that excludes an employee. When the exclusion occurs because of something related to the employee’s religion, it can be serious.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Clarification
New Micro-Learning! Everyone reacts differently to change, and we can influence how others around us react. Anyone can respond to change in a way that's positive and productive for themselves and their organizations. The Change Response Strategy™ is a tool you can use in any change situation by clarifying how and why a change impact you and others.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Commitment
New Micro-Learning! The commitment phase of the Change Response Strategy is all about exploring the consequences, making a choice you're comfortable with and then moving forward. During this course, you’ll observe how a team leader uses an experience within her organization to explain the strategy to a friend.
TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Communication
New Micro-Learning! Change is pervasive and constant. And that's why being able to navigate change is a required skill. This course leverages the Change Response Strategy - a tool you can use in any change situation to analyze a change and effectively communicate to express your concerns, share needs, and get answers to questions.
TrainingBriefs® Tailoring Your Presentation
New Micro-Learning! When you have the ability to be flexible and tailor you presentation in the face of changing situations, you're going to be able maintain interest and make you message compelling in order to inspire, inform, or influence your audience.
TrainingBriefs® That’s Generation Z?
New Micro-Learning! The newest generation of workers (Gen Z) will increase the complexity of managing and working across generations, especially considering that more than 75% of workers identify "managing multi-generational teams" and "different work expectations across generations" as challenges. Organizations must prioritize generational training to ensure the generational gap at work doesn't continue to expand and result in poor communication, collaboration, engagement and more.
TrainingBriefs® That’s Offensive!
New Micro-Learning! So, how can we maintain respectful work relationships when someone uses a term or phrase that is offensive to others in the workplace? Diversity moments are often unintended, occur when we least expect, and can leave us surprised, confused, embarrassed, guilty, fearful, frustrated or uncertain. When you overhear a situation where one person has inadvertently made an insulting remark, you may decide to intervene.
TrainingBriefs® The Benefits of Leadership
New Micro-Learning! Leadership isn't well understood by most managers and they may perceive it as something that they can't do, are uncomfortable doing, or that has no benefit to them. During this short course, you will learn about the benefits of making the transition from manager to leader.
TrainingBriefs® The Competitive Advantage of Diversity & Inclusion
New Micro-Learning! Diversity within your organization and teams is a given. It simply exists. But… creating an inclusive team environment that values diversity helps you achieve your organization’s goals – both cultural and financial!
TrainingBriefs® The Five Clusters of Strength
New Micro-Learning! Based on research by Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman - two of the most preeminent thought-leaders on leadership development - this course focuses on the five tenets that encompass the characters of core strengths that really matter in becoming an extraordinary leader.
TrainingBriefs® The Hidden Bias Trap
New Micro-Learning! As our world becomes increasingly diverse, it is important that we understand our hidden biases and stereotypes in order to foster effective teamwork. We often do not realize how these biases and stereotypes impact how we interact with others. Before you can avoid bias and stereotyping people in the workplace, you need to understand what they are.
TrainingBriefs® The Leadership Difference
New Micro-Learning! Leading others starts with your own values. The biggest difference between leaders and non-leaders is a leader’s level of self-awareness — a leader knows who they are. Leaders are hyper-aware of what’s important to them — they can put a name to their core values.
TrainingBriefs® The No…No…No! Boss
One of the first things we have to do when dealing with a bad attitude is decide whether it's worth our time… especially if it's somebody you have to interact with every day... including a manager, supervisor or boss.
TrainingBriefs® The No…No…No! Boss (For Healthcare)
Bad attitudes in the workplace can deteriorate morale, lower productivity, and ultimately increase costs. It doesn’t take much for a co-worker, manager, or patient to feel the negative effects from someone with a bad attitude.
TrainingBriefs® The Tough Conversation
When differences get in the way of peer-to-peer relationships at work, everyone loses. The challenge is that we sometimes expect people to see things the same way we do. And when they don't, we get frustrated, we get angry, or we just get fed up and walk away.
TrainingBriefs® The Virtual Workplace: Tackling Time Theft
New Micro-Learning! Remote teams and mobile workers are becoming more and more popular among businesses. This makes tracking an employee’s efficiency and productivity very difficult. This course tackles time theft… when an employee accepts pay from their employer for work that they haven’t actually done, or for time they have not actually put into their work. Time theft can certainly hurt business by decreasing employee productivity and costing the organization money.
TrainingBriefs® There’s No “I” in Team
Most people don’t intentionally come to work with a bad or difficult attitude. The problem is a lot of people don’t understand - or they forget - how our attitudes affect the people around us. When these situations do arise, all it really takes is a gentle reminder that what they're doing has an impact on the rest of us.